Kenzie Love

Worker Co-op Tours Are a Highlight of Conference 2023

CWCF’s Conferences can always be counted on to deliver great presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities. This year, however, features an additional draw, courtesy of the Conference’s location in Quebec City: tours of the city’s dynamic worker co-op scene, which will visit four local enterprises. It’s one of the many parts of this year’s Conference you … Worker Co-op Tours Are a Highlight of Conference 2023


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Transform Practice Works Towards Change One Organization At a Time – Kenzie Love

Transform Practice, a not-for-profit consulting group, is a worker co-op that specializes in design, facilitation, reflective practice, evaluative learning, and strategy, working with community, non-profit, philanthropic, government and private sectors. As its name would suggest, however, the members of Transform Practice seek to go beyond merely tinkering with the framework of the organizations they serve. … Transform Practice Works Towards Change One Organization At a Time – Kenzie Love


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Sun Certified Builders Coop is hiring Journeyperson Framing Carpenters

September 21, 2023 Sun Certified Builders Co-op (SCBC) is looking for a Journeyperson carpenter. Are you interested in a career opportunity in high-performance new construction and renovations? Would you like to participate in a democratic business structure as a co-op member? SCBC is an employee-owned worker co-op offering competitive wages ($29.43-$36.42/hr depending on experience), training … Sun Certified Builders Coop is hiring Journeyperson Framing Carpenters


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CWCF Welcomes New Intern

CWCF is pleased to announce Aniqah Rahman as our new  JEDDI  Business Conversions project intern, supported by the CreateAction youth employment program. Based in Toronto, Aniqah is an artist, program facilitator, and researcher. The common thread that connects these endeavours are a curiosity and appreciation for the ways in which people shape and communicate their experiences; … CWCF Welcomes New Intern


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CWCF Welcomes New Atlantic Region Director

CWCF is pleased to announce the recent addition of Leslie Brown to its board of directors, representing the Atlantic region. Leslie is Professor Emerita in the Sociology Department , Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, where her work has involved teaching, research, policy analysis, and knowledge dissemination. She credits her doctoral thesis on “New Wave” retail … CWCF Welcomes New Atlantic Region Director


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CWCF Welcomes New Executive Assistant

CWCF is pleased to announce the hiring of Chloë Williams as our Executive Assistant. Based in Montreal, Chloë first got involved with the co-operative sector as a worker-member and co-founder of the Hive Cafe Solidarity Co-operative at a student-run multi stakeholder co-op at Concordia University, where she is currently an active board member. She recently … CWCF Welcomes New Executive Assistant


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Report from the Executive Director, September 2023

By Hazel Corcoran CWCF Conference/Staff Retreat and Transitions/JEDDI Project/New Director/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation As we enter into the fall, CWCF staff and board are hard at work preparing for our 2023 Conference, “Stronger Together”. While there’s more information about this event in the separate article in this newsletter, it will contain a great … Report from the Executive Director, September 2023


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